nauðung

Icelandic

Etymology

From Old Norse nauðung.

Noun

nauðung f (genitive singular nauðungar, nominative plural nauðungar)

1. coercion, force, compulsion

Declension

declension of nauðung

f-s1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nauðung	nauðungin	nauðungar	nauðungarnar
accusative	nauðungu	nauðunguna	nauðungar	nauðungarnar
dative	nauðungu	nauðungunni	nauðungum	nauðungunum
genitive	nauðungar	nauðungarinnar	nauðunga	nauðunganna

Further reading

• “nauðung” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Old Norse

Etymology

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Noun

nauðung f (genitive nauðungar, dative nauðungu)

1. compulsion, constraint

Declension

  Declension of nauðung (strong ō-stem)

feminine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	nauðung	nauðungin	nauðungar	nauðungarnar
accusative	nauðung	nauðungina	nauðungar	nauðungarnar
dative	nauðungu	nauðungunni	nauðungum	nauðungunum
genitive	nauðungar	nauðungarinnar	nauðunga	nauðunganna

References

• nauðung in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, G. T. Zoëga, Clarendon Press, 1910, at Internet Archive.